A microdot multilayer oxide device: Let us tune the strain-ionic transport interaction

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 5032-5048

  Schweiger, Sebastian ^a   Kubicek, Markus ^a   Messerschmitt, Felix ^a   Murer, Christoph ^a   Rupp, Jennifer L M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ceria; conductivity; erbia; memristor; metal oxide; microdevice; microdot; Raman; resistive switching; strain; thin film

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; FUEL CELLS; IONIC CONDUCTION; MULTILAYERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; STRAIN; THERMODYNAMICS; THIN FILMS;

ERBIA; MEMRISTOR; METAL OXIDES; MICRO-DEVICE; MICRODOT; RAMAN; RESISTIVE SWITCHING;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 84901650311     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn501128y     Document Type: Article

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